Martyn Waghorn marked his return to the Rangers line-up with two goals against Hamilton

Waghorn has found starts hard to come by this season but Warburton is pleased with his “very patient” top-scorer from last term.

He told the Rangers website: “He’s a guy who scored 28 goals last season and had an unfortunate injury which meant he missed some key games towards the end of the season.

“He played very well, and he trained very well too last week on astro-turf. That came into it as well.

“It’s a big club Rangers, and you want to bring the quality and strength in depth in, and that means sometimes that you have to miss out. A lot of players are doing that, but when they are called upon, they show a tremendous application.”